ICal Forcing Invites After Dragging Contact From Address Book

Every since the update to Mac OS X 10.6.5 and the latest MobileMe calendar update, when I drag a contact over from the address book to iCal it forces me to invite them to the meeting and sends out a meeting request. I only do this so that it links the person to the event so when I use my iPhone and select the event, I can then select the person and it will then link me to their contact info. Sure, the invite option is a nice feature but some of these invites would be unsolicited. In the past I was able to just click "don't send" or something similar and avoid the invite. Now it seems as if I don't have a choice. Can someone acknowledge this nuance? In addition, has anyone found a workaround?

I have the same problem and not found a comparable workaround either.
If I want to create an iCal event that lists invitees but does not send them an invitation, the only thing I can do is to put their name into the notes section instead of the invitee section. However, names can not link from the notes section... but phone numbers and addresses can on the iPhone. I can then call or map them from the notes section.
It is not a pretty fix, and by no means comparable, but it is the best alternative of which I know.

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